General (All Topics)

Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.

Academic OneFile provides millions of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources with extensive coverage in key subject areas, such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.

College In Context Search a wide array of multidisciplinary content by topic. includes scholarly journals, newspapers, periodicals, images, and videos.

Ethnic NewsWatch includes scholarly journal, magazine & newspaper articles from minority and ethnic publications. includes articles in Spanish.

General OneFile provides access to general reference magazines and key serials in a single resource. This database is useful to users conducting general reference queries, business searches, and current event research. 

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics and global events.

JSTOR provides peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, images, e-books, and primary sources. Articles are at least one year old.

MasterFile Complete offers a large collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers. Also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps and flags.

EBSCOhost Combined allows you to search more than one EBSCOhost database at the same time.

Gale All Acces allows you to search the following Gale databases at the same time: Academic OneFile, eBooks, General OneFile,OneFile: Business, and OneFile: News.

General (All Topics) - News Sources

NewsBank: Access World News Research Collection is a database of newspapers and news magazines. It offers extensive coverage and differing viewpoints from global, national, regional and local news sources, including the San Jose Mercury News and San Francisco Chronicle. 

Gale Onefile: News provides access to major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. News also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts, and transcripts.

Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.

New York Times
Registration through Mission Colleges is required in order to access more than eight NYT articles a month. Go to the New York Times Digital Access guide for information on how to register for free access to the digital version of the New York Times.

The Wall Street Journal
Registration through Mission College is required in order to read WSJ articles online. Go to The Wall Street Journal Digital Access guide for information on how to register for free access to the digital version of The Wall Street Journal.

General (All Topics) - Digital Magazines

The Library subscribes to over 50 digital magazines you can read on your computer or mobile device. Go to the Flipster page to browse available magazines or click on a magazine below to go directly to it. For a list of available magazines, go to the Flipster Title List.

Flipster has a mobile app for Apple devices, Android devices, and side-loaded to Kindle Fire Tablets. Once you download the app, select Mission College as your library. If you are off campus you will be prompted to sign in with your Mission email and password.

Art & Fine Arts

Artstor on JSTOR is an extensive image resource. It brings together visual media from top museums, archives, scholars, and artists — all rights are cleared for education and research.

Fine Arts Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that support research in areas including drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. The database emphasizes full-text content for publications included in the Wilson Art Index and RILM bibliography.

Business & Economics

Business Collection provides coverage of all business disciplines.

Business Entrepreneurship Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.

Business Insight is a unique source for international business intelligence offering the most comprehensive and convenient way to find case studies, in-depth statistical data coupled with deep research, and the ability to compare global economies, countries and industries.

Business Source Elite provides coverage of all business disciplines. includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analysis.

Computer Science Database provides access to leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.

CountryWatch offers comprehensive information, data, and news for each of the recognized 195 countries of the world. Includes the CountryReviews™, an up-to-date series of publications for each country including demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information; the CountryWire™ , which provides daily news coverage for every country in the world and a significant news archive made up of the compendium of regional news carriers; and the CountryWatch Forecast™, a five-year macroeconomic forecast for each country.

Economic & Theory Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics and related fields.

The Economist provides unlimited digital access to all reporting, podcasts, and newsletters on their website. You can log in to The Economist using a browser or through The Economist app with your Mission College email and password. To log in from The Economist homepage, click on Log in (upper right), then enter your Mission College email and click login (no password required), you will then be redirected to the Mission College sign in page. Note that videos on this website do not fully meet accessibility requirements.

Entrepreneurship Collection provides insights, tips, strategies, and success stories for business schools and entrepreneurs.

Regional Business News provides full text for nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications.

Citation Creation  Tool

NoodleTools (click on the Microsoft 365 icon, then enter your Mission College email and password) You will be prompted to set up a new account the first time you sign in. For more information, including short videos on how to create an account and how to link your previous account to your new account, refer to the Mission College Citing Sources guide.

Communications

Communications & Mass Media Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines focusing on all aspects of the communications field.

Countries/Cultures

CountryWatch offers comprehensive information, data, and news for each of the recognized 195 countries of the world. Includes the CountryReviews™, an up-to-date series of publications for each country including demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information; the CountryWire™ , which provides daily news coverage for every country in the world and a significant news archive made up of the compendium of regional news carriers; and the CountryWatch Forecast™, a five-year macroeconomic forecast for each country.

Diversity

African-American History covers more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture, with tablet/mobile-friendly videos and slideshows, images, biographies of key people, event and topic entries, primary sources, maps and graphs, and timelines.

Asian Life in America provides comprehensive coverage of the Asian American experience from the early 18^th century to the present day. Includes more than 35 million primary documents from diverse sources and perspectives, both historical and contemporary. Updated daily.

Black Life in America provides comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18^th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications. Updated daily.

Contemporary Women's Issues offers comprehensive coverage of issues that influence women’s lives across the globe. Users will find timely and historically relevant content on topics including civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.

Diversity & Ethnic Studies eBooks includes academic eBooks related to diversity, anti-racism, ethnic studies, disability studies, gerontology & age studies, migration studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and religious studies. 

Diversity Studies Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.

Ethnic Diversity Source supports the study of African Americans, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Jewish Americans, Latinx Americans, Multiracial Americans, and Native Americans, among others, with respect to their cultures, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences. Scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, historical documents, and biographies are complemented by primary sources, such as speeches and interviews. Complete with robust collections of videos and e-books.

Ethnic Newswatch includes scholarly journal, magazine & newspaper articles from minority and ethnic publications. includes articles in Spanish.

Exploring Race in Society provides context and solutions-oriented points of view within a scholarly collection of proprietary and licensed content on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity, and inclusiveness. Proprietary essays are written by a diverse group of writers representing the fields of academia, journalism, medicine, and other disciplines working to address issues related to race. 

Gender Studies Collection provides balanced coverage of this significant aspect of culture and society.

Hispanic Life in America provides comprehensive coverage of the Hispanic American experience from the early 18^th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 17,000 publications, including 700 Spanish-language newspapers and periodicals. Updated daily.

Kanopy is a video streaming platform with movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films, and educational videos that inspire, enrich, and entertain. Browse films focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Salem History: Countries, Peoples, and Culture offers insight into the social, cultural, economic, historical, and religious practices and beliefs of counties.

World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean Regional is an archive of digitized primary documents focus on the history of Latin America and the Caribbean back to the early 1800s through the contemporary period sourced from collections in the U.S. and abroad. The archive and portal serve as both integrated and standalone resources.

eBooks

Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria is the most complete and authoritative description of bacterial and archaeal diversity. It provides descriptions of the taxonomy, systematics, ecology, physiology and other biological properties of all described prokaryotic taxa.

Diversity & Ethnic Studies eBooks includes academic eBooks related to diversity, anti-racism, ethnic studies, disability studies, gerontology & age studies, migration studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and religious studies. 

DOAB Directory of Open Access Books provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books from trusted open access book publishers.

EBSCO eBook Collection allows you to search and view full text books online across a variety of topics.

Gale eBooks includes a wide variety of full-text interdisciplinary reference sources on virtually any subject area.

LitFinder provides access to literary works and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, speeches, and plays, as well as some novels. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.

JSTOR provides peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, images, e-books, and primary sources. To limit your search to e-books, select “Books” under Item Type.

JSTOR Open Access eBooks contains more than 6,500 Open Access ebooks from 90 publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press. Search will also include the JSTOR archive collection. No registration or log in is required, and there are no DRM restrictions or limits on chapter PDF downloads or printing.

O'Reilly Online Learning provides access to more than 21,000 digital books on a large range of topics from the humanities and social sciences to tech and business from more than 250 publishers along with videos, case studies, exclusive O’Reilly-produced content from world-renowned innovators and corporate leaders, expert-curated learning paths and self-assessments. O’Reilly has a mobile app for Apple and Android devices. Sign in with your college email and password. 

The sign in process for O’Reilly Online Learning has changed. When you click on the link you will be prompted to enter your college email and password to access the database. You will no longer have access to your previous Mission College account. If you would like to move your playlist(s) to your new account, send an email to O’Reilly Support: [email protected]. Indicate that you want to move your playlist(s) to your new account and include your college email address. 

ProQuest Ebook Central allows you to search and view full text books online across a variety of topics. Video: Search for a book on Ebook Central

Salem Literature & History eBooks includes full-text literature and history ebooks.

English Language Learners

Explora provides easy-to-use features, and content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.

College In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

MAS Ultra - School Edition is a database contains full text for nearly 500 popular magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).

Environment

CountryWatch offers comprehensive information, data, and news for each of the recognized 195 countries of the world, including an environmental overview.

Environmental Studies & Policy Collection provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and other reference sources covering environmental issues and policies. The database includes diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policymakers, and corporate interests.

Environmental Studies in Context focuses on the physical and social aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, state and province portals form research centers around issues covering earth systems, global change, land and water use, populations, legislation, and more. Portal overviews provide essential information, supplemented by academic journals, news, case studies, conferences, statistics, and rich multimedia.

GreenFILE is a collection of scholarly, government, and general interest periodicals that include content about the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and local /national governments and what can be done on each level to minimize the negative impact.

Health & Nursing

CINAHL Plus with Full Text is a complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association.

Health and Medicine Collection includes information created specifically for students, knowledgeable consumer health researchers, and health care professionals. This database is the perfect resource for up-to-date information on a complete range of healthcare topics.

Health & Wellness Collection offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more.

Health Source: Consumer Edition provides full text access to nearly 80 consumer health magazines and almost 130 health reference books, plus current, health-related pamphlets. Also contains more than 9,900 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish); the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide; and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health. In addition, this database includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

Medline was created by the National Library of Medicine. It provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Here is a short video on how to search Medline: Medline Tutorial.

Nursing & Allied Health Collection provides access to academic journals and other reference content covering all aspects of the nursing profession, from direct patient care to health care administration.

OVID provides full text access to the following five journals: American Journal of Nursing, Home Healthcare Nurse, Nursing, Nursing Critical Care, and Nursing Made Incredible Easy!

Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports. The database offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.

Visible Body Suite (includes link to mobile app)  provides access to visual and interactive study aids for human anatomy, general physiology, common illnesses, and introductory biology topics. It includes Visible Body Suite (formally Human Anatomy Atlas 2022+), an easy-to-use interactive platform containing full female and male 3D models. It is also available as a mobile app.

The first time you click on the link you will need to sign up for an account. Once you create an account, you can download the Visible Body Suite app, (formally Human Anatomy Atlas 2022+) and log in using the email address and the password you used when you created an account.

It is important to create an account using the Mission College Visible Body Suite link. If you do not, you will be prompted to pay for a subscription. If this happens or a if you already has an account, sign in using the Mission College Library Visible Body Suite link (above) to attach your account to the Library’s subscription.

History

African-American History covers more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture, with tablet/mobile-friendly videos and slideshows, images, biographies of key people, event and topic entries, primary sources, maps and graphs, and timelines.

America: History and Life covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events.

Archival Films & Newsreels Collection is a collection of archival and historical films from multiple sources.

Asian Life in America provides comprehensive coverage of the Asian American experience from the early 18^th century to the present day. Includes more than 35 million primary documents from diverse sources and perspectives, both historical and contemporary. Updated daily.

Black Life in America provides comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18^th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications. Updated daily.

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 is produced by EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library. This resource from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” the authoritative bibliography that is well-known and respected by scholars worldwide. The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

Hispanic Life in America provides comprehensive coverage of the Hispanic American experience from the early 18^th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 17,000 publications, including 700 Spanish-language newspapers and periodicals. Updated daily.

Military & Government Collection is designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

Military and Intelligence Database provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs.

Salem History: Countries, Peoples, and Culture offers insight into the social, cultural, economic, historical, and religious practices and beliefs of countries.

Salem History: Primary Documents includes the full-text of milestone and defining documents in American and World History. Each document is accompanied by an analytical essay.

US History Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers.

US History in Context offers contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in US History. It merges authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

War & Terrorism Collection offers balanced coverage of both historic and contemporary topics in the fields of war and terrorism.

World History Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers.

World History in Context offers contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. It merges authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Law

Criminal Justice Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses.

LegalTrac provides indexing and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.

Literature

Biography in Context is contextual information on the world's most influential people. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

Gale Literature provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames. features an expansive collection of author biographies, plot summaries, work overviews, and critical essays from leading publishers, literary reference books & monographs. 

LitFinder provides access to literary works and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, speeches, and plays, as well as some novels. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.

Salem Literature includes the complete content of the printed collections, Critical Survey of Short Fiction and Masterplots, 4th edition, and selected volumes of the printed collection, Critical Insights.

Pro/Con

CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics and global events.

Issues & Controversies combines authoritative factual analysis with clear explanations of opposing points of view for current and historical events.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

Professional Educator

The Chronicle of Higher Education enables full access to Chronicle.com. There is a link to the current issue at the top of the page. Click on the “Sign Up” link in the upper right to create a free account using your Mission College email address. You also have the option to sign up for The Chronicle’s free email newsletter during the registration process. Note: This product/service does NOT fully comply with accessibility criteria as outlined in Section 508. For more information contact Michele Speck.

Educators Reference Complete provides access to academic journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of education.

ERIC is from the Education Resource Information Center. It provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Links to more than 323,000 full-text documents.

Information Science Collection provides access to scholarly journals and trade publications essential for information professionals and other knowledge workers.

Psychology & Philosophy

JSTOR provides peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, images, e-books, and primary sources. Articles are at least one year old.

Psychology and Behavior Science Collection covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.

Psychology Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines that cover the study of emotions, personality, and the human mind.

Religion & Philosophy Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines of interest to both researchers and general users. The database offers balanced content that covers topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions.

Reference

Biography in Context contains contextual information on the world's most influential people. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

Business Entrepreneurship Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.

CountryWatch offers comprehensive information, data, and news for each of the recognized 195 countries of the world. Includes the CountryReviews™, an up-to-date series of publications for each country including demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information; the CountryWire™ , which provides daily news coverage for every country in the world and a significant news archive made up of the compendium of regional news carriers; and the CountryWatch Forecast™, a five-year macroeconomic forecast for each country.

Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia provides over 25,000 encyclopedia entries covering a variety of subjects.

Gale eBooks includes a wide variety of full-text interdisciplinary reference sources on virtually any subject area.

Oxford English Dictionary Online The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words—past and present—from across the English-speaking world. OED Online presents the complete OED in its most recent version. OED Online also includes the Historical Thesaurus of the OED, and numerous articles on aspects of English and individual words.

Salem History: Primary Sources includes the full-text of milestone and defining documents (primary sources) in US and World History. Each document is accompanied by an analytical essay. Also included the series, Countries, Peoples, and Culture, which offers insight into the social, cultural, economic, historical, and religious practices and beliefs of counties.

Science

Visible Body Suite (includes link mobile app) The first time you click on the link you will need to sign up for an account. The Visible Body Suite provides access to visual and interactive study aids for human anatomy, general physiology, common illnesses, and introductory biology topics. It includes Visible Body Suite (formally Human Anatomy Atlas 2022+), an easy-to-use interactive platform containing full female and male 3D models. It is also available as a mobile app.

The first time you click on the link you will need to sign up for an account. Once you create an account, you can download the Visible Body Suite app, (formally Human Anatomy Atlas 2022+) and log in using the email address and the password you used when you created an account.

It is important to create an account using the Mission College Visible Body Suite link. If you do not, you will be prompted to pay for a subscription. If this happens or a if you already has an account, sign in using the Mission College Library Visible Body Suite link (above) to attach your account to the Library’s subscription.

Agriculture Collection provides a comprehensive view of agriculture and related fields. The database provides access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.

Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria is the most complete and authoritative description of bacterial and archaeal diversity. It provides descriptions of the taxonomy, systematics, ecology, physiology and other biological properties of all described prokaryotic taxa.

BioMEDIA Collection (Instructional life sciences multimedia). Programs feature new techniques of microscopy, animation, and photography to reveal the structure, process, and behavior in living things. To access the video controls to enlarge them, play closed captions, or fast forward, right click on the video and select Show Controls (on a Mac, CTRL+Click).

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets is a documentary film that examines the full extent of the global fisheries crisis and the forces that continue to push many marine fish stocks toward commercial extinction. 

Fire Engineering magazine provides training, education, and management information for fire and emergency services personnel worldwide. Articles are written by experts in the fire service and focus on lessons learned. Feature articles cover real-life situations such as collapse void search, confined space rescue, high-angle rescue, and extractions. Regular magazine departments focus on education and management issues. Access to the digital supplements and the Fire Engineering website are also included. 

JSTOR provides peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, images, e-books, and primary sources.

Military & Government Collection is designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

Military and Intelligence Database provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs.

Science In Context Merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Today's Science bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today. Updated weekly and containing thousands of links to a 25-year back-file, Today's Science explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology.

War & Terrorism Collection offers balanced coverage of both historic and contemporary topics in the fields of war and terrorism.

Spanish Language Databases

Ethnic NewsWatch en Espanol is a scholarly journal, magazine & newspaper articles from minority and ethnic publications.

Informe Académico provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines. The database offers a wide range of content both from and about Latin America.

Streaming Videos

Archival Films & Newsreels Collection is a collection of archival and historical films from multiple sources.

BioMEDIA Collection is an instructional life sciences multimedia. Programs feature new techniques of microscopy, animation, and photography to reveal the structure, process, and behavior in living things. To access the video controls to enlarge them, play closed captions, or fast forward, right click on the video and select Show Controls (on a Mac, CTRL+Click). Instructions on how to embed BioMedia videos in Canvas.

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets is a documentary film that examines the full extent of the global fisheries crisis and the forces that continue to push many marine fish stocks toward commercial extinction. 

Films on Demand provides 24/7 access to streaming videos across a variety of topics. includes videos from HBO, PBS, TED, Frontline, Films for Humanities & Sciences to name a few. Instructions on how to embed Films on Demand videos in Canvas.

Kanopy is a video streaming platform with movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films, and educational videos that inspire, enrich, and entertain. Browse films focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Instructions on how to embed Kanopy films in Canvas.

Vocational Careers

Chilton Library represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.

Culinary Arts Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines on all aspects of cooking and nutrition. The database includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

Gardening & Horticulture Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines focused on both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.

Hospitality & Tourism Collection provides access to topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. Hospitality and Tourism offers current and relevant content on both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries.

Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports. The database offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.

Vocations and Careers Collection provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. The database offers current and applicable content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

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Academic OneFile provides millions of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources with extensive coverage in key subject areas, such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.

Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journal

Agriculture Collection provides a comprehensive view of agriculture and related fields. The database provides access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture

African-American History covers more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture, with tablet/mobile-friendly videos and slideshows, images, biographies of key people, event and topic entries, primary sources, maps and graphs, and timelines.

America: History and Life covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events.

Archival Films & Newsreels Collection is a collection of archival and historical films from multiple sources.

Artstor on JSTOR is an extensive image resource. It brings together visual media from top museums, archives, scholars, and artists — all rights are cleared for education and research.

Asian Life in America provides comprehensive coverage of the Asian American experience from the early 18^th century to the present day. Includes more than 35 million primary documents from diverse sources and perspectives, both historical and contemporary. Updated daily.

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Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria is the most complete and authoritative description of bacterial and archaeal diversity. It provides descriptions of the taxonomy, systematics, ecology, physiology and other biological properties of all described prokaryotic taxa.

Biography in Context contains contextual information on the world's most influential people. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

BioMEDIA Collection is an instructional life sciences multimedia. Programs feature new techniques of microscopy, animation, and photography to reveal the structure, process, and behavior in living things. To access the video controls to enlarge them, play closed captions, or fast forward, right click on the video and select Show Controls (on a Mac, CTRL+Click). Instructions on how to embed BioMedia videos in Canvas.

Black Life in America provides comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18^th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications. Updated daily.

Business Collection provides coverage of all business disciplines.

Business Entrepreneurship helps you learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.

Business Insights: Global is a unique source for international business intelligence offering the most comprehensive and convenient way to find case studies, in-depth statistical data coupled with deep research, and the ability to compare global economies, countries and industries.

Business Source Elite provides coverage of all business disciplines. includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analysis.

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Chilton Library represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.

The Chronicle of Higher Education enables full access to Chronicle.com. There is a link to the current issue at the top of the page. Click on the “Sign Up” link in the upper right to create a free account using your Mission College email address. You also have the option to sign up for The Chronicle’s free email newsletter during the registration process. Note: This product/service does NOT fully comply with accessibility criteria as outlined in Section 508. For more information contact Michele Speck.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association.

College In Context allows you to search a wide array of multidisciplinary content by topic. includes scholarly journals, newspapers, periodicals, images, and videos.

Communications & Mass Media Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines focusing on all aspects of the communications field.

Computer Science Database provides access to leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.

Contemporary Women's Issues offers comprehensive coverage of issues that influence women’s lives across the globe. Users will find timely and historically relevant content on topics including civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.

CountryWatch offers comprehensive information, data, and news for each of the recognized 195 countries of the world. Includes the CountryReviews™, an up-to-date series of publications for each country including demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information; the CountryWire™ , which provides daily news coverage for every country in the world and a significant news archive made up of the compendium of regional news carriers; and the CountryWatch Forecast™, a five-year macroeconomic forecast for each country.

Criminal Justice Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses.

CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

Culinary Arts Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines on all aspects of cooking and nutrition. The database includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

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Diversity & Ethnic Studies eBooks includes academic eBooks related to diversity, anti-racism, ethnic studies, disability studies, gerontology & age studies, migration studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and religious studies. 

Diversity Studies Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.

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EBSCO eBook Collection allows you to search and view full text books online across a variety of topics.

EBSCOhost Combined allows you to search more than one EBSCOhost database at the same time.

Economic & Theory Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics and related fields.

The Economist provides unlimited digital access to all reporting, podcasts, and newsletters on their website. You can log in to The Economist using a browser or through The Economist app with your Mission College email and password. To log in from The Economist homepage, click on Log in (upper right), then enter your Mission College email and click login (no password required), you will then be redirected to the Mission College sign in page. Note that videos on this website do not fully meet accessibility requirements.

Educators Reference Complete provides access to academic journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of education.

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets is a documentary film that examines the full extent of the global fisheries crisis and the forces that continue to push many marine fish stocks toward commercial extinction. 

Entrepreneurship Collection provides insights, tips, strategies, and success stories for business schools and entrepreneurs.

Environmental Studies & Policy Collection provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and other reference sources covering environmental issues and policies. The database includes diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policymakers, and corporate interests.

Environmental Studies in Context focuses on the physical and social aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, state and province portals form research centers around issues covering earth systems, global change, land and water use, populations, legislation, and more. Portal overviews provide essential information, supplemented by academic journals, news, case studies, conferences, statistics, and rich multimedia.

ERIC is from the Education Resource Information Center. provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Links to more than 323,000 full-text documents.

Ethnic Newswatch includes scholarly journal, magazine & newspaper articles from minority and ethnic publications. includes articles in Spanish.

Ethnic Diversity Source supports the study of African Americans, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Jewish Americans, Latinx Americans, Multiracial Americans, and Native Americans, among others, with respect to their cultures, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences. Scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, historical documents, and biographies are complemented by primary sources, such as speeches and interviews. Complete with robust collections of videos and e-books.

Ethnic NewsWatch en Espanol Ethnic NewsWatch in Spanish. Scholarly journal, magazine & newspaper articles from minority and ethnic publications.

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, has created this resource from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” the authoritative bibliography that is well-known and respected by scholars worldwide. The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

Explora provides easy-to-use features, and content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.

Exploring Race in Society provides context and solutions-oriented points of view within a scholarly collection of proprietary and licensed content on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity, and inclusiveness. Proprietary essays are written by a diverse group of writers representing the fields of academia, journalism, medicine, and other disciplines working to address issues related to race. 

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Films on Demand provides 24/7 access to streaming videos across a variety of topics. Instructions on how to embed Films on Demand videos in Canvas.

Fine Arts provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that support research in areas including drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. The database emphasizes full-text content for publications included in the Wilson Art Index and RILM bibliography.

Fire Engineering magazine provides training, education, and management information for fire and emergency services personnel worldwide. Articles are written by experts in the fire service and focus on lessons learned. Feature articles cover real-life situations such as collapse void search, confined space rescue, high-angle rescue, and extractions. Regular magazine departments focus on education and management issues. Access to the digital supplements and the Fire Engineering website are also included. 

Flipster - The Library subscribes to over 50 digital magazines you can read on your computer or mobile device. Go to the Flipster page to browse available magazines or click on a magazine below to go directly to it. For a list of available magazines, go to the Flipster Title List.

Flipster has a mobile app for Apple devices, Android devices, and side-loaded to Kindle Fire Tablets. Once you download the app, select Mission College as your library. If you are off campus you will be prompted to sign in with your Mission email and password.

Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia provides over 25,000 encyclopedia entries covering a variety of subjects

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Gale All Acces allows you to search the following Gale databases at the same time: Academic OneFile, eBooks, General OneFile,OneFile: Business, and OneFile: News.

Gale eBooks includes a wide variety of full-text interdisciplinary reference sources on virtually any subject area.

Gale Literature provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames. features an expansive collection of author biographies, plot summaries, work overviews, and critical essays from leading publishers, literary reference books & monographs. 

Gale Onefile: News provides access to major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. News also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts, and transcripts.

Gardening & Horticulture Collection focuses on the practical aspects and the scientific theory of horticulture studies.

Gender Studies Collection provides balanced coverage of this significant aspect of culture and society.

General OneFile provides access to an unprecedented number of general reference magazines and key serials in a single resource. This database is useful to users conducting general reference queries, business searches, and current event research.

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics and global events.

GreenFILE is a collection of scholarly, government, and general interest periodicals that include content about the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and local /national governments and what can be done on each level to minimize the negative impact.

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Health and Medicine Collection includes information created specifically for students, knowledgeable consumer health researchers, and health care professionals. This database is the perfect resource for up-to-date information on a complete range of healthcare topics.

Health & Wellness Collection offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more.

Health Source: Consumer Edition provides full text access to nearly 80 consumer health magazines and almost 130 health reference books, plus current, health-related pamphlets. Also contains more than 9,900 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish); the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide; and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health. In addition, this database includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

Hispanic Life in America provides comprehensive coverage of the Hispanic American experience from the early 18^th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 17,000 publications, including 700 Spanish-language newspapers and periodicals. Updated daily.

Hospitality & Tourism Collection provides access to topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. Hospitality and Tourism offers current and relevant content on both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries.

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Information Science Collection provides access to scholarly journals and trade publications essential for information professionals and other knowledge workers.

Informe Académico provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines. The database offers a wide range of content both from and about Latin America.

Issues & Controversies combines authoritative factual analysis with clear explanations of opposing points of view for current and historical events.

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JSTOR provides peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, images, e-books, and primary sources. Articles are at least one year old.

JSTOR Open Access eBooks contains more than 6,500 Open Access ebooks from 90 publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press. Search will also include the JSTOR archive collection. No registration or log in is required, and there are no DRM restrictions or limits on chapter PDF downloads or printing.

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Kanopy is a video streaming platform with movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films, and educational videos that inspire, enrich, and entertain. Browse films focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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LegalTrac provides indexing and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.

LitFinder provides access to literary works and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, speeches, and plays, as well as some novels. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.

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MAS Ultra - School Edition is a database that contains full text for nearly 500 popular magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).

MasterFile Complete offers a large collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers. Also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps and flags.

MedlineCreated by the National Library of Medicine. provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Here is a short video on how to search Medline: Medline Tutorial.

Military & Government Collection is designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

Military and Intelligence Database provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs.

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New York Times Registration through Mission Colleges is required in order to access more than eight NYT articles a month. Go to the New York Times Digital Access guide for information on how to register for free access to the digital version of the New York Times.

NewsBank: Access World News Research Collection is a database of newspapers and news magazines. It offers extensive coverage and differing viewpoints from global, national, regional and local news sources, including the San Jose Mercury News and San Francisco Chronicle.

NoodleTools (click on Microsoft 365 icon, then enter your Mission College email and password)If you are new to NoodleTools or set up an account before January 2022, you will be prompted to set up a new account the first time you sign in. If you would like to link your previous account with your new account, select "I have an existing account." For more information, including short videos on how to create an account and how to link your previous account to your new account, refer to the Mission College Citing Sources guide.

Nursing & Allied Health Collection provides access to academic journals and other reference content covering all aspects of the nursing profession, from direct patient care to health care administration.

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Opposing Viewpoints in Context features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

O'Reilly Online Learning provides access to more than 21,000 digital books on a large range of topics from the humanities and social sciences to tech and business from more than 250 publishers along with videos, case studies, exclusive O’Reilly-produced content from world-renowned innovators and corporate leaders, expert-curated learning paths and self-assessments. O’Reilly has a mobile app for Apple and Android devices. Sign in with your college email and password. 

The sign in process for O’Reilly Online Learning has changed. When you click on the link you will be prompted to enter your college email and password to access the database. You will no longer have access to your previous Mission College account. If you would like to move your playlist(s) to your new account, send an email to O’Reilly Support: [email protected]. Indicate that you want to move your playlist(s) to your new account and include your college email address. 

OVID provides full text access to the following five journals: American Journal of Nursing, Home Healthcare Nurse, Nursing, Nursing Critical Care, and Nursing Made Incredible Easy!

Oxford English Dictionary OnlineThe Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words—past and present—from across the English-speaking world. OED Online presents the complete OED in its most recent version. OED Online also includes the Historical Thesaurus of the OED, and numerous articles on aspects of English and individual words.

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Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports. The database offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.

ProQuest Ebook CentralSearch and view full text books online across a variety of topics.

Psychology and Behavior Science Collection covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.

Psychology Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines that cover the study of emotions, personality, and the human mind.

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Regional Business News provides full text for nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications.

Religion & Philosophy Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines of interest to both researchers and general users. The database offers balanced content that covers topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions.

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Salem History includes the full-text of milestone and defining documents (primary sources) in US and World History. Each document is accompanied by an analytical essay. Also included the series, Countries, Peoples, and Culture, which offers insight into the social, cultural, economic, historical, and religious practices and beliefs of counties.

Salem Literature includes the complete content of the printed collections, Critical Survey of Short Fiction and Masterplots, 4th edition, and selected volumes of the printed collection, Critical Insights.

Salem Literature & History eBooks includes full-text literature and history ebooks.

Science In Context Merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

SpringerLink eBook Collection is an integrated database for journals, books, protocols, eReferences, and book series published by Springer. Note that online (full text) access is not available for all publications.

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Today's Science bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today. Updated weekly and containing thousands of links to a 25-year back-file, Today's Science explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology.

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US History Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers.

US History in Context offers contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in US History. It merges authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

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Visible Body Suite (includes link to mobile app) provides access to visual and interactive study aids for human anatomy, general physiology, common illnesses, and introductory biology topics. It includes Visible Body Suite (formally Human Anatomy Atlas 2022+), an easy-to-use interactive platform containing full female and male 3D models. It is also available as a mobile app.

The first time you click on the link you will need to sign up for an account. Once you create an account, you can download the Visible Body Suite app, (formally Human Anatomy Atlas 2022+) and log in using the email address and the password you used when you created an account.

It is important to create an account using the Mission College Visible Body Suite link. If you do not, you will be prompted to pay for a subscription. If this happens or a if you already has an account, sign in using the Mission College Library Visible Body Suite link (above) to attach your account to the Library’s subscription.

Vocations and Careers Collection provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. The database offers current and applicable content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

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The Wall Street Journal Registration through Mission College is required in order to read WSJ articles online. Go to The Wall Street Journal Digital Access guide for information on how to register for free access to the digital version of The Wall Street Journal.

War & Terrorism Collection offers balanced coverage of both historic and contemporary topics in the fields of war and terrorism.

World History Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers.

World History in Context offers contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. It merges authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

World Scholar: Latin America and The Caribbean is an archive of digitized primary documents focus on the history of Latin America and the Caribbean back to the early 1800's through the contemporary period sourced from collections in the U.S. and abroad. The archive and portal serve as both integrated and standalone resources.